Sorting socks can be sped up using science, researchers have claimed. Scientists said the frustrating and dull task of pairing socks can be made much quicker and more effective by using an algorithm.

Jordan Dunbar explains the hidden algorithm of sorting out socks It's a laborious chore - matching up socks in a big pile of washing. They never seem to come out together, but now there's an algorithm ...

It's a laborious chore - matching up socks in a big pile of washing. They never seem to come out together, but now there's an algorithm that promises to turn you into an efficient sock-sorting machine ...